RANDOM PICS: BEYONCE PROMOTES ‘Cadillac Records’ + VIDEO CLIP FROM THE MOVIE
An exclusive video clip from the upcoming movie “Cadillac Records” was released online earlier this week. In the clip, Etta James (portrayed by Beyonce) and Leonard Chess (portrayed by Adrien Brody) have a conflict over the direction of a song, but ultimately Etta pulls it off.
HOW DID BEYONCE DO IN THE CLIP?
In related news, Beyonce attended a “Cadillac Records” press conference at the Four Seasons Hotel earlier this week in Beverly Hills, California. Peep the photos below..
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wow Beyonce looks so plain but beautiful
Less is more…But I can’t wait to see the movie
GET IT BEE!!!!
Beyonce sung that part. Go Beyonce.
I really love her simple. Like you said, less is more. When you have it together, you really don’t need all that extra extra. It’s nice for what it’s for, but when she’s natural like this, I really dig that.
TAKE A DAMN BREAK 4 YOU HAVE A MELT DOWN
DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i cant get over beyonce and that wig.lol…
but one thing you can say about this chic is she CAN SING HER ASS OFF.i understand that people may not like all of her music but i’ve never understood why people say she cant sing…
btw,she needs to do something different with the hair,the ponytail is not her
beyonce CANNOT ACT! She was trying too hard in that scene. The song was superb, but she CANNOT ACT! Let it go girl and just perform on stage. You are not an actress! & I know for a fact she reads CL!!
great singer + bad actress = beyonce
She looks great, but I’m going to see the movie because it looks great, whether she was in it or not.
I CRINGE AT BEYONCE’S ACTING
OK…THE BROAD CAN SING…LOL…SHE SHOULD BE MAKIN’ GOSPEL MUSIC!!!
Beyonce can’t act to save her life but of course we all know that girl can SANG!
THERE WAS NO ACTING ALL SHE DID WAS SING!!!!!!!!..SMH
So NOT hype to see this movie. Same ole, same ole.
did anybody peep that clip of etta talking about beyonce?
etta: “she sings good. not betta than me though” *walks off*
*DEAD*
oh shit that was funny
Damn she in another singing movie. Ok Beyonce….
she sung the song quite well.
Honestly based off of this clip I think her acting skills have improved. Granted it’s a known fact that she is not a good actor but I give credit when its due.
Regarding the song in the clip I think that she did a good job. Could someone else have given a better or more soulful rendention? Of course. But from a marketing standpoint it makes sense to have her in this role. Etta James was in fact a singer so why not just use a short wig to have Beyonce look the part.
With Jeffrfey Wright and Gabrielle Unioin acting in it…… I think that over all this movie will be nice and I plan on going to see it.
If she stop getting all these singing roles, maybe I’ll start respecting her more as an actor.
Oh Lawd…..not one of those movies again.
I Thnk Yall should post a scene with her jus acting and not singing, we all know bey can blow, and from what i hear about the movie, she did a really good job. we are all so used to just looking for flaws in her acting. i think she did ok.
of course she sounded great on that song
but that clip wasnt enuff to judge her acting in the whole movie off of so ima wait.
that lil clip in the beginning was funny tho..and she got that walk down to a science..that is the most ghetto old lady walk i seen in a long time lol hahah
that walk was giving u my feet hurt and im outta here for the day lol
I dont think their was much acting in this clip, just singing and we already know she can do that. She gave emotion while singing in the clip though, so I guess thats a plus!
From the clip it looks like Etta and Leonard Chess had some kind of relationship.
The movie looks really interesting and im excited to hear the music!
Wow, I’m actually proud of her. Can’t wait to see the movie. I’m not going to lie though, it seems like dream girls part II. But I believe I can still enjoy it. I’m not going to call her an actress until she does good in a film that doesn’t require her singing.
She will get an Oscar, or at least a nomination I`m sure. She deserve it.
Well it doesn’t really showcase her acting ability, we all know Bey can sing so Iam sure what the question is really asking. I am going to see this movie, but in amm honesty her last album I am Sasha Fierce was the worst of the three. I think Bey needs to rethink and retool but the Beyoncites will buy and defend to the end so be it. I love her previous work and look forward to another great African American dominated-cast film, its been a good year for black cast films.
I really wish Faith Evans would have gotten this role. Even in the stills Beyonce looks like Faith more than Etta James. I know Faith isn’t the best attress either, but on the strength that her life is soo similar to Etta James I know she could of killed it! Addictions, bad husbands and all. Faith Evans even looks like Etta to me. Oh well, Beyonce can sing…..I just dont think she was giving me a stellar Acting performance. Something about her just never seems natural on screen. She can give you emotion, buts its always constipated emotion. Plus her timing is always off
What happened to my comment?
4 get the movie!
i need 2 mention Beyonce’s style.
or lack thereof.
what happened? she used 2 b so on point.
i think she cant understand the difference between coverage/ dressing like u r about to go on a work interview. in the destiny fulfil..era they were covered yet still cute. but this..
the part i dont get is that last year she was still glamorous, what happened? she laxed up real hard. it looks as is she is trying really hard to not look like she trying really hard! WOW!
LIKE TOTAL YUCK. im disappointed.
I’ll probably wait until it comes on DVD. Bey looks radiant in this pant suit w/her hair pulled back. She definitely has great skin..pores are small and the shape of her face works for the ponytail look..imo
OMG
@willow #28
Get real!!!! She is no Sanaa Lathan or Regina king.
So cut the crap with all that Oscar talk its not likely at all.
This movie does look like a Dream girl part 2. I saw Dream girls and I’m going to see this one too. (With realistic expectations) Its about being entertained with a good story & good music and I beleive that this will be accomplished in this movie.
AWFUL, and she looks 34 in that suit.
an oscar lmao she can’t act man i wish she would stop trying or at least do something where shes not a singer
her acting skills sucks
This movie is nothing like Dreamgirls. It’s about the start of Rock n’ Roll. Bey has just a small part in the movie, in the 2nd hour. Bey was the correct choice for Etta for the look and for the persona. Personally I thought Bey was a great choice for the role. I think she’s a good actress. I don’t see why people think otherwise but everyone is entitled to their opinion. People said Barbara Streisand couldn’t act and she should only sing, and she’s an ICON. I guess Bey is on her way!
Great clip. I think Bey should fire her stylist Ty. I love Bey but I could dress Bey way better than what he is doing. But I think her loyalty to him (I think he’s her cousin) prevents her from doing just that. I like her over the top & sexy.
Bey sang that song, yes she did!!!, so much so that it made me you tube Etta James music and now I am on a mission to find some cds by Etta James, the woman was genius. I had forgotten how good her music is. I remember when Mommy would play some of her music, it stirred up memories, but I was’nt old enough to appreciate the raw talent nor grasp the meaning of the songs of Ms Etta James.
BEYONCE IS THE BEST!!!!! SING IT BEE!!!!
Her acting is poor, but she can cry on cue. Good enough these days.
As for the song, she tore it up.
& I love Jeffrey Wright!
Bey is portraying Etta James, that’s why she is dressed that way, that was the style of Etta James even down to the mannerisms.
Well she had the attitude, stlye and voice of Etta James. I think she did a wonderful job in that footage. I can’t wait to see the movie Dec. 5
HATERS GOT TO BED
FIRST OF ALL BEYONCE IS NO MERYLE STREEP AND ANGELA BASSET. I WENT TO GO SEE THE MOVIE AT PRESS RELEASE PREMIERE. I SAY I THINK SIX SEATS OR MORE BEHIND BEHIND BEYONCE. HOW CAN YALL JUDGE HER ACTING SKILLS ONLY 30 SECONDS. YOU KNOW I NEVER DEFENDER HER IN THE ACTING BUT SHE WAS GREAT. SHE HAS BEEN GETTING RAVING REVIEWS AND EVERYONE I TALKED TO AT THE AFTER PARTY WAS TALKING ABOUT HER. AND AS FAR AS THE CLIP GOES SHE CAN ACT.
IN THE PICS SHE LOOKS GORGEOUS AND ANYWAY DREAMGIRLS HAS NOTINH ON THIS MOVE EXPECIALLY THE SCENE WHEN SHE WAS IN THE DINER IS THE HIGHTLIGHT OF THE MOVIE. DONT JUDGE GO SEE IT, READ THE REVIEWS
As far as that scene i think she did a great job,… i really felt her pain, Crying like that on cue, not many people can do that but she did great and sounded great. she did the walk and everything. I might… Might go see the movie.
She did really good in that clip and of course she tore that song to pieces.
I’m eager to see a scene without singing though so I can really be able to judge her acting.
But, there has been a lot of critics stirring up some Oscar buzz.
And that’s a fact. *Google It*
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – “Cadillac Records” comes from Sony Music Film, so it’s no surprise that the project is more a soundtrack in search of a movie than a film about the pre-eminent blues record label of the ’50s and ’60s and the fabulous artists who passed through its Chicago recording studio.
Nevertheless, writer-director Darnell Martin has assembled a stellar cast to impersonate these artists both as characters and musicians. That starts with executive producer Beyonce Knowles, who performs dynamic versions of Etta James classics and delivers the dramatic goods as the troubled and badly addicted young woman who lives the blues she sings.
Cadillac Records Movie
Cadillac Records would have benefited from a more determined focus on the historical backdrop, and less on distracting, far from subtle episodic detours into raw, fitful sentimentality. But the music is simply irresistible and makes up for any unpolished narrative flaws. And stealing the show, so to speak are Beyonce’s mesmerizing Etta James – coming full-throated circle for the performer upstaged by Jennifer Hudson in Dreamgirls, Eamonn Walker’s stunning Howlin’ Wolf impression, and without question, Mos Def’s hilariously irreverent reprisal of rock ‘n roll’s young rabble-rouser founding father extraordinaire, Chuck Berry.
Sony Pictures
Rated R
3 stars
Cadillac Records
3/4 stars
Cadillac Records has a lot of potential for Oscar season. It had everything Walk the Line had, only multiply that by five. We are not talking about one story, but stories centered around about five top blues artists from the fifties period.
Some people would say it’s about Leonard Chess, since “Chess Records” gave out Cadillacs to its artists. That is probably why the movie is called Cadillac Records. The movie seems to center on Muddy Waters, before also exploring the careers of Little Walter, Howlin’ Wolf, Etta James, and Chuck Berry.
In the beginning it started out well. But when some of the musicians were supposed to be playing, the camera focused on the actors’ faces, then it cut to a close-up of fingers on guitar, and no wide shots, meaning that not all actors were actually playing the instruments. Even in a movie like School of Rock, they got kids that could play their instruments! However, that became a non-issue after Beyonce as Etta James became part of the movie. She was emotionally moving in this movie and I would be surprised if she wasn’t nominated for an Oscar.
The music in this movie was especially good, and I wouldn’t be surprised if a whole new generation of “kids” came to love these old blues artists because of the attention brought to them by this movie.
READ THE REVIEWS AND SHUT UP
Like the song but I would need to see clip of her acting i already know she can sing.
Am I the only one who actually love beyonce voice more then etta james.. etta got a nice voice but i actually like beyonce voice better,,.. She sounds clear and clean and have way more passion in the songs.. i feel like etta is just singing the songs..
Beyonce is such a great singer! But I believe her best showcase of her acting ability will come in the movie “Obsessed” in February where she does no singing just acting only! Now, that’s the movie I’m waiting for…………
The singing was ok, buy the original is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better. Beyonce has range, but she doesn’t utlize it or doesn’t know how. Screaming is not showing range. With a song like that you have to put in emotion. It just can’t be about the voice. IMO, she didn’t have it. Oh well, chica make that paper.
I do have to agree with others though. If she wants to be taken seriously as an actress, she has got to move away from these singing roles. Yes, she can sing, we know that. She can’t act and that takes lessons. I don’t think she has the patience for acting. Working on an album, tours, promotion takes a lot of physical work. Acting takes a lot of hard mental and emotional work. I don’t think she has the ability to do it. Hell, she may not want to do it, but this talk of an Oscar needs to be let go. I mean seriously.
Beyonce killed that song! Can’t wait to see the movie! The reviews have been great!
i read the reviews and its a bunch of crap. beyonce CANNOT act. matthew paid them to say that. why jill scott,nia long,kerry washington,gabrielle union could not be in this move. WHY??????? beyonce is a fraud i would have loved to see tamela mann from madea play this roll. THEY COULD HAVE PUT GABRIELLE UNION IN THIS MOVIE OR KERRY WASHINGTON BUT WHY BEYONCE SHE CANNOT ACT TO SAVE MAN KIND AND SHE WILL NEVER WIN AND OSCAR. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!!!!!
@BEYONCE CAN’T ACT
I STUPID HEFFA OR IF U A DUDE U STUPID BASTARD…………….UHHH!!!!!!!! BEYONCE WAS CHOSEN, THE MOVIE IS COMING OUT NEXT WEEK SO CHILL
AND HATER??UMMMMM GABBY IS IN THE MOVIE, SHE PLAY GENEVA WADE. AND SHE WAS ALSO PHENOMINAL
i think she did good. them was some good expressins she was making during that sad ass song. based on this clip her acting has definitely improved, we’ll see how the whole film is…i will be seeing it at the movies
none of yo business and beyonce can’t act are the same person